Qurban (Islamic ritual sacrifice)

This article is about ritual animal sacrifice in Islam. For ritual animal sacrifice in Judaism, see Korban. For the guidelines for religious slaughter in Islam, see Dhabihah.

Qurbān (Arabic: قربان) or uḍḥiyah (Arabic: أضحية, romanized: sacrificial animal) as referred to in Islamic law, is a ritual animal sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.[1][2]

The concept and definition of the word is derived from the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Muslims, and is the analog of korban in Judaism. The word and concept are similar as in other Abrahamic religions; in the Jewish faith there are several forms of "korban" e.g. korban shelamim ("peace offering"), or korban olah ("elevated offering", also translated as "burnt offering"). The meat of the Islamic qurban is distributed equally between the poor, the donor of the qurban, and the family of the donor.[3]

A commonly used word which may encompass qurban is uḍḥiyah (أضحية). In Islamic Law, udhiyah would refer to the sacrifice of a specific animal, offered by a specific person, on specific days to seek God's pleasure and reward.

  1. ^ Quran 5:27
  2. ^ International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kitab Al-Adhiya (Book of Sacrifices) Translation of Sahih Muslim book 22, https://www.iium.edu.my/deed/hadith/muslim/022_smt.html Archived 2023-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 9/28/21
  3. ^ Tabraze Azam (8 October 2012). "Do I have to give 1/3 of the Sacrificial (Udhiya) Meat away in Charity?". Seekers Guidance. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024. citing al-Hadiyya al-Ala’iyya of Ala al-Din Abidin
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